"Better a little chiding than a great..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.
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“Love runs away from those chasing her, and those who run away, she throws herself on his neck.”
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
“As love is full of unbefitting strains,All wanton as a child, skipping and vain,Form'd by the eye and therefore, like the eye,Full of strange shapes, of habits and of forms,Varying in subjects as the eye doth rollTo every varied object in his glance”
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“Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”
“I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there.”
“In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.”
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“Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.”
“Everything costs and costs the earth.”
“A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!”